is the alphabet copyrighted?

Question

i need to kno
and i need proof
like off the internet(a site)
it is really important!

HELP ME PLEASE!

even if it isn't
please give me a website that says it is!!!!

Answer 1

Copyrighted to who? the ancient greeks? c'mon would ya.

Answer 2

For something to be copyrighted under US law, it has to have a known author (which the alphabet does not).

Then the work is only copyrighted for 75 years beyond the death of the author. As the English alphabet has been in existence since the 12th century, it is very likely that the author has been dead longer then 75 years.

So it would be impossible for the English alphabet to be copyrighted.

HOWEVER - it is possible to create a FONT (lettering style) for the English alphabet and to copyright that font. People could still use the alphabet, just not your "style" of it.

Answer 3

No. The alphabet was invented long before copyright laws ever existed.

Answer 4

Copyright expires 75 years after the death of the author. Because the alphabet is many centuries old, it is on the public domain.

here a proof:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

Answer 5

I suggest that you google it. That would give you the best bibliography. However, as a matter of common sense, you cannot copy write the alphabet because it is and had been in the public domain for so long, no one owns it.
This would be like trying to copy write or patent the number 1; it don't belong to you.
If the google does not work, contact the Library of Congress and ask the researcher there for help.

Answer 6

I think this website makes it quite clear that it is not possible to copyright the Alphabet.

Direct quote on what is not copyright;

Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents.

I'd say that the Alphabet is based on familiar symbols, wouldn't you?

Answer 7

No it is not.